Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Contest of Champions Live Episode #57: Golden Age Grapple


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #57 here! 
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This week, we are joined by Dan Briand and Infinite Speech as we choose characters from Marvel's Golden Age. The guys chose the Golden Age Black Widow vs. Blazing Skull vs. Golden Age Vision!


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Teen Titans #16, Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist #9, and Superior Spider-Man #2; and our Low's list: Superior Spider-Man #2, Avengers #4, and I, Vampire #16. We also discuss this week's comics news including the canceling of Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series, DC's WTF Certified branding, and who would win between the members of the original Sinister Six!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, January 28, 2013

Contest of Champions Live Episode #56: Handicapped Heroes


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #56 here! 
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This week, we are joined by Dan Briand and Tom McNeely as we choose characters who were either afflicted by accident or born with physical handicaps, yet still kick complete ass! The guys chose Belasco vs. Hellion vs. Silhouette!


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Incredible Herc #112-116, Amazing Spider-Man #700/Superior Spider-Man #1, and FF #3; and our Low's list: A + X #4 and Wolverine & the X-Men #21-23. We also discuss this week's comics news including the the J.J. Abrams' helmed Star Wars movie and who would win between Hawkeye and Bullseye!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, January 21, 2013

Contest of Champions Live Episode #55: Animal Battle


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #55 here! 
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This week, we are joined by former CoC Champions Eli Anthony and Billy Dunleavy as we choose characters whose power is directly related to an animal or is an animal themselves. The guys chose Cosmo the telepathic dog vs. Fin Fang Foom vs. Lockjaw vs. Sasquatch in one of the most hilarious battles in CoC history.


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Indestructible Hulk #3, Saga #9, Daredevil #22, and Black Beetle #1; and our Low's list: Dark Avengers #185, Savage Wolverine #1, and Indestructible Hulk #3. We also discuss this week's comics news and who would win between Taskmaster and Deadpool!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, January 14, 2013

Contest of Champions Live Episode #54: New Illuminati


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #54 here! 
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This week, we are joined once again by the Atlanta Falcon's Super Fan Tom McNeely as we choose characters from Jonathan Hickman's new "New Avengers" book to duke it out in Wakanda, the New Illuminati members Black Panther vs. Captain America vs. Mr. Fantastic!


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Secret Avengers #36, Avengers Arena #3, and Swamp Thing #15; and our Low's list: Thunderbolts #3, The First X-Men #5, and Saga #1??? We also discuss this week's comics news, if Batman could defeat Iron Man on the National Mall, and all things Joss Whedon!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, January 7, 2013

Contest of Champions Live Episode #53: Captain Britain vs. Captain Marvel vs. Vision

Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #53 here! 
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This week, we are joined only by Tom McNeely as we choose characters from the cover of Avengers Initiative #1 for an epic battle in on a bridge in Yemen: Captain Britain vs. Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) vs. Vision!


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: All-New X-Men #5, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe, and World's Finest #6 and our Low's list: New Avengers #1, Morbius: The Living Vampire #1, and JSA Liberty Files #1. We also discuss this week's comics news, if Iron Man could take out Vision, and "variant" comic covers!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Contest of Champions Live Episode #52: Secret Wars


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #52 here! 
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This week, we are joined by Dan Briand, Tom McNeely, and Infinite Speech as we discuss the awesome Marvel Super-heroes tale from the '80s Secret Wars, and who would win in a fight on Battleworld between GalactusHulk, and Magneto.


Also in this episode, we talk about our High's list: Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4, Amazing Spider-Man #700, & Nightwing #15, and our Low's list: Amazing Spider-Man #700, Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, Wonder Woman #15, & Aquaman #15 . We also discuss this week's comics news, if Iron Fist could out kung-fu Shang-Chi, and our resolutions for the comics industry!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #51.1: X-Men Books & TV Shows


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #51.1 here! 
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After our 51st episode, we kept the recorder going! We are joined by Eli Anthony, Tom McNeely, and Infinite Speech as we discuss our favorite TV shows, the state of X-Men books, and much more!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, December 24, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #51: Krakoa vs. Hydro-Man


Welcome to Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #51 here! 
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This week, we are joined by Eli Anthony, Tom McNeely, and Infinite Speech as we discuss who would win in a fight between biologically-powered fighters Krakoa and Hydro-Man.


Also in this episode, we talk about what's on our Naughty & Nice list like Avengers Arena #2, Locke & Key: Omega #2, Indestructible Hulk #2, Red Hood & the Outlaws #14, and Snake-Eyes & Storm Shadow #20. We also discuss this week's comics news, if the Thing could actually beat Namor underwater, and what's on the top of our wish lists for Santa's visit!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Comics Are My Religion: Phantom Stranger Podcast with A. David Lewis


Welcome to Comics Are My Religion, a look at theology through the lens of comic books. There are some basic ground rules about engaging in respectful dialog about religion in this column. The column below may have spoilers for books you might not have read, so be warned!

The Phantom Stranger has a long and varied history in the DC Universe. But in the New 52 Universe, in "Phantom Stranger" #0 by Dan Didio and Brent Anderson, his origin has been explicitly tied to a religious and biblical story. This is perhaps the closest a mainstream comic has come to making Judeo-Christian characters legitimate players in a fictional universe. What does this mean theologically? What does this mean for comics?
This month, we're back in podcast form, and Dr. A. David Lewis joins me again to discuss the new Phantom Stranger's origin and the ramifications of who he is to the larger Christian mythology in comic form.

Listen to the Comics Are My Religion Podcast here!You can click the link to listen to the podcast or right click “save link as” to download it.

If you have questions or feedback on the podcast, comment below or visit us at the ComicAttack.net Forums under the Comics Are My Religion Thread.

NEXT MONTH: We'll play "Stump the Priest!" Toss me your difficult questions involving religion and/or comics. You can do so on the forum, by e-mail, or Twitter.
Podcast music by Vigilantes of Love, "Judas Skin."

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, December 17, 2012

Contest of Champions Live #50: Season 3 Premiere


Welcome to the premiere episode of Season 3 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller are joined by a cast of Comic Attack contributors to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.

Listen to Episode #50 here! 
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This week, we are joined by Eli Anthony, Tom McNeely, and Dan Briand as we discuss who would win in a fight between female street-level fighters DominoLady Deathstrike, and Mystique.


Also in this episode, we talk about our highs and lows of the week like Avengers Arena #1, Batman #15, The Walking Dead #105, and Cable & X-Force #1. We also cover "meta messages," artists who work (or don't) with Brian Michael Bendis, superhero movie merchandising, digital comic collecting, and if Hulk could beat Black Bolt in a fight!

Leave us an iTunes review, follow us on Twitter @CoCPodcast, or talk to us on Facebook at facebook.com/cocpodcast. Listen to past episodes by going here. And you can now find us both here at ComicAttack.net, and over at ComicRelated.com!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Quarter Bin Podcast #1: Marvel NOW!, NYCC, & Comic Book Movies


Every quarter, a group of the ComicAttack.net staff gets together for an evening of conversation, cold beverages, and comic books! We call it...the Quarter Bin Podcast!

This time, join the SpidermanGeek Dan Briand, Infinite Speech, Tom McNeely, and the Clergyman Jeff Jackson as they jab about news from New York Comic Con 2012, all the latest Marvel NOW! info, 2012's comic book movies, and much, much more!

Quarter Bin Podcast
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SpidermanGeek
spidermangeek@comicattack.net
@SpidermanGeek

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Infinite Speech
infinitespeech@comicattack.net
@InfiniteSpeech

Tom McNeely
tom@comicattack.net

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #49: Season 2 Finale


Welcome to the finale of Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week in our finale episode for Season 2, the guys are joined by competitors Eli Anthony and Tom McNeely, and the awesome Dan Briand as we crown a champion from the rubble of the Professor Xvs. Invisible Woman fight! Also in this episode, we talked about whether or not we'd work for Marvel or DC, how much time we spend on comic stuff each week, evaluation of CoC II and plans for CoC III, and our Fights of the Week from "Before Watchmen: Comedian #3," "Legion of Superheroes #12," "Amazing Spider-Man #694" and "Wolverine & the X-Men #17." Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Chamber, Ghost, the Hood,Rogue, and Vision!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, September 24, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #48: Invisible Woman vs. Professor X


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
  • Listen to Episode #48 here! You can click the link to listen to the podcast or right click “save link as” to download it.
  • VOTE for who you think would win here!
It's the Season 2 FINALS!!!! This week, the guys are joined by competitors Eli Anthony and Tom McNeely,as Professor X takes on Invisible Woman in Hell's Kitchen for all the CoC marbles! Also in this episode, we talked about the new "Team 7" book from DC, our greatest comic story arc of all time, and our Fights of the Week from "Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18," "Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #3," "Spider-Men #5," and "Superman #12." Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Gentle, Mr. Hyde, Skinless Man, Venom, and Wolverine!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, September 17, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #47: Professor X vs. Emma Frost


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys are joined by competitors Eli Anthony and Tom McNeely, in a battle of the X-Men telepaths as Professor X takes on Emma Frost in Hell's Kitchen! Also in this episode, we talked about the new Marvel NOW! updates with new creative teams on ThunderboltsAvengers Arena, and Cable & X-Force, what we would do if we were Marvel E-I-C, and our Fights of the Week from Avengers Assemble #7, Avengers vs. X-Men #11, Batman Inc. #3, and Winter Solider #10! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Black Bolt, Blastaar, Hulk, Mr. M, and Vulcan!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, September 10, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #46: Invisible Woman vs. Wolverine


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys are joined by competitors Eli Anthony and Dan Briand, as Eli plays his "Temporary Insanity card" with the Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman against the X-Men's Wolverine, in Hell's Kitchen! Also in this episode, we talked about our favorite TV shows, the newly-released Avengers Initiative game for iPad and iPhone, Thor 2 movie rumors, our "holy grails" of comic books, and our Fights of the Week from Archer & Armstrong #2, Defenders #10, and Epic Kill #1! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Awesome Android, Gauntlet, Rockslide, She-Hulk, and S'ym!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, September 3, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #45: Professor X vs. Protector


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys are joined by competitors Tom McNeely and Dan Briand, as the former Avenger Protector takes on Professor X, in Hell's Kitchen! Also in this episode, we talked about local Ontario comic shop The Dragon and its owner Jennifer Haines who recently won an Eisner, how Iron Patriot might show up in Iron Man 3, who we think would win in a fight between the entire Marvel & DC universes, and our Fights of the Week from Aquaman #12, Hellblazer #292, Locke & Key Grindhouse #1, and Web of Spider-Man #129.2! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Cloud 9, Dust, Mercury, Sandman, and Veil!


Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Contest of Champions Episode #44.1: Rob Liefeld vs. Scott Snyder


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
In this SPECIAL episode, the hosts of CoC face off against one another to discuss who would win in a fight between Twitter-rant extraordinaire Rob Liefeld and "head" Batman writer Scott Snyder. We all want to know, right? So take a listen and then visit the forums and cast your vote!

Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, August 27, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #44: Wonder Man vs. Professor X


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys are joined by competitors Eli Anthony, Tom McNeely, and Dan Briand, asWonder Man takes on Professor X, in Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum! Also in this episode, we talked about Rob Liefeld's latest Twitter-rants, our own personal CoC All-Star Teams, and our Fights of the Week from Amazing Spider-Man #692, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4, I, Vampire #9-11, Secret Avengers #30, and Supercrooks #4! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Blink, Cloak, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, and Pixie!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, August 20, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #43: Iron Fist vs. Wolverine


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys are joined by competitors Dan Briand and an internet-challenged Infinite Speechas two fellow Avengers go at it with the Immortal Iron Fist taking on the Canadian berserker Wolverine in the demonic half-world known as Limbo! Also in this episode, we talked about Spider-Man's new sidekick Alpha, and our Fights of the Week from Amazing Spider-Man #691, Avengers #29,and X-Factor #242! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Iceman, Kid Gladiator, Polaris, War Machine, and X-Man!


Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson

Monday, August 13, 2012

Contest of Champions Live Episode #42: Professor X vs. Mandarin


Welcome to Season 2 of the internet's only superhero fight podcast, Contest of Champions Live! Each week, your hosts the Clobberin' Comic Book Clergyman and the Canadian Capekiller referee between a group of competitors, each with a team of Marvel superheroes, to battle it out and decide once and for all who can beat up who.
This week, the guys had some technical difficulties yet still got most of the main fight! They are joined by competitors Tom McNeely and Infinite Speech, in a meeting of the minds as Professor X takes on Mandarin in the demonic half-world known as Limbo! Also in this episode, we gave a shout out to the late Joe Kubert, and our Fights of the Week from Archer & Armstrong #1New Avengers #29, Batman: Year One and Venom #22! Also, in our Power Rankings segment, we rank Daken, Psylocke, Spiral, Taskmaster, and X-23!
Jeff Jackson
jeff@comicattack.net
@FrJeffJackson